Posts: 146
Eperbab
Joined: 10 Dec 2012
#1
I have just run apt-get update && apt-get upgrade. Now conky says I'm running Debian Jessie/sid and still AntiX-base EdeleiƟpiraten.

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 $ cat /etc/*version
antiX-base EdelweiƟpiraten 06 August 2012
jessie/sid
anti-x:sc:20130201

$ cat /etc/*-release |grep PRETTY_NAME | cut -d '"' -f 2
Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid
 
So how to upgrade to Luddite?
Last edited by Eperbab on 24 Jun 2013, 15:37, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#2
Looks like you left your sources.list pointing at Testing; not sure if you can go back to Wheezy without causing problems.
Probably the best bet is to back up your data & then install '13 Luddite', then add your data back.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,956
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#3
conky looks at the original iso not what it has upgraded to
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Eperbab
Joined: 10 Dec 2012
#4
Yesterday I did apt-get dist-upgrade from AntiX 12 with debian testing repos turned on. The upgrade crashed when I selected the diplay manager (configuring lightdm popup window). Later I finished it with"apt-get -f dist-upgrade" in console mode.
I don't know what is currently running on my system, but have the following issues after dist upgrade:

- during dist-upgrade the following packages were removed:

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add-start-antix antix-cc-base-antix dconf-tools galculator gdebi ghex
  gir1.2-clutter-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0
  gir1.2-peas-1.0 gir1.2-totem-1.0 gir1.2-vte-2.90 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 gmtp
  gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-symbolic gtk3-engines-unico gucharmap
  inxi-gui-antix libclutter-1.0-0 libepc-ui-1.0-3 libgail-3-0 libgtk-3-0
  libgtk-3-bin libgtkhex-3-0 libgucharmap-2-90-7 libharfbuzz0
  libnautilus-extension1a libpeas-1.0-0 libseed-gtk3-0 libtotem0 libvte-2.90-9
  libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 libyelp0 lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
  mate-desktop-environment-extra pinta policykit-1-gnome
  python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets roxterm roxterm-gtk3 software-center
  startupmanager system-antix totem totem-plugins transmission-gtk xfce4-utils
  xulrunner-21.0 yelp
No idea why pinta image editor or lightdm was removed.

- I have reinstalled lightdm, but it doesn't show up on tty7. Kdm appears on screen with a nice error message ("something missing @@@@@@@" or alike), startx crashes out. During normal boot I got black screen with some flickers on it at x start. Slim works on tty8 after startx crashes out on tty7.
Mate desktop environment crashes out. Window managers have a timeout error on tty7. My xfce4 fallback option works on tty8 - that's why I can post this.

- most likely I will reinstall my graphics driver for Radeon 9200 SE.

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$ glxinfo | grep render
libGL error: failed to load driver: r200
libGL error: Try again with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose for more details.
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209)
    GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend, 

- during grub update the update process installed some ("uli") chipset drivers from the web and now it has a"modeprobe -b pci .." timeout error. I have to hit Ctrl+C or wait a few minutes here. Afterwards boot process goes until X crashes out, and freezes,
** update2: XFCE4: There is no sound, no default sound device, so most likely the M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 20) was not recognised.**

** update : **

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$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ULi Electronics Inc. M1689 K8 Northbridge [Super K8 Single Chip]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ULi Electronics Inc. AGP8X Controller
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ULi Electronics Inc. M5249 HTT to PCI Bridge
00:03.0 ISA bridge: ULi Electronics Inc. M1563 HyperTransport South Bridge (rev 70)
00:03.1 Bridge: ULi Electronics Inc. M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ULi Electronics Inc. M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 20)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: ULi Electronics Inc. M5229 IDE (rev c7)
00:0e.1 IDE interface: ULi Electronics Inc. ULi 5289 SATA (rev 10)
00:0f.0 USB controller: ULi Electronics Inc. USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:0f.1 USB controller: ULi Electronics Inc. USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:0f.2 USB controller: ULi Electronics Inc. USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:0f.3 USB controller: ULi Electronics Inc. USB 2.0 Controller (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
so I boot with this:

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title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.8.4-antix.2-486-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.4-antix.2-486-smp root=UUID=10bd1377-6767-4af6-864a-4ae46ace0dcb ro vga=791 nosplash nouveau.modeset=0
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.8.4-antix.2-486-smp
** update4: this is while xfce4 is running.. **

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$ ps -eF | grep mod
root       640     1  0   562   152   0 18:14 ?        00:00:00 sh -c /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq ; : ; }
root       663   640  0   947   200   0 18:14 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq
root       664   663  0   562   156   0 18:14 ?        00:00:00 sh -c /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
root       666   664  0   956   164   0 18:14 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi
root       668   667  0   956    68   0 18:14 ?        00:00:00 /sbin/modprobe -q -- snd-seq-client-14
enzo     30633  4909  0  1478   800   0 21:30 pts/0    00:00:00 grep mod

I would like to go with debian testing, so I would like to fix this. Please, help to track down and eliminate:
-"modeprobe -b pci.." timeout
- x freeze during normal boot
Posts: 146
Eperbab
Joined: 10 Dec 2012
#5
I add a new post, because a fifth update of the original would mess up the story.
I have manually added back some missing packages. It seems, that gtk support was removed during dist-upgrade, together with lightdm-gtk-greeter and apps like pinta. When I reinstalled lightdm, lightdm-kde-greeter was added back as a dependency. After replacing the kde-greeter with gtk-greeter and running"update-initramfs -u -t -k all" , now i can start lightdm & X automatically, and Mate works.

The only remaining problem, that my motherboard chipset isn't recognised by AntiX 13, so I still don't get sound, and have to hit ctrl+C or wait a lot during"modeprobe -b pci.." timeout at boot. See previous post. Last week I had sound on AntiX 12 & the same 3.8.4-antix.2-smp kernel.

Please, help to fix sound or revert back to AntiX 12. I prefer to fix sound on Luddite, because at the moment I don't have a working CD drive, and I'm not sure if my Abit KU8 motherboard could boot from usb. Never tried.
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BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#6
Eperbab wrote:The only remaining problem, that my motherboard chipset isn't recognised by AntiX 13, so I still don't get sound, and have to hit ctrl+C or wait a lot during"modeprobe -b pci.." timeout at boot. See previous post. Last week I had sound on AntiX 12 & the same 3.8.4-antix.2-smp kernel.
According to the Linux Kernel Driver DataBase, there are two different modules that can talk to your sound device: snd-intel8x0m and snd-intel8x0 but this may be a mistake. You can do a"lsmod" (or"lsmod | grep snd") to see which modules are loaded.

If the problem is caused by conflicting modules then you can try blacklisting one of them (I suggest snd-intel8x0m) by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base-blacklist.conf :

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blacklist snd-intel8x0m
Conflicting hardware drivers (modules) would produce the symptoms you describe and blacklisting is the normal solution for this problem. I'm less certain of the exact module to blacklist. If my guess is wrong, you could try blacklisting most/all of the sound related modules that are loading and then modprobe them manually to try to create a combination that works or to find the troublemaker.
Posts: 146
Eperbab
Joined: 10 Dec 2012
#7
Now I have sound on 3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp kernel, and I don't have sound on 3.8.4-antix.2-486-smp. Will try some others.

Output of lsmod | grep snd:
3.5.0 ->

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 $ lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0           20287  1 
snd_ac97_codec         78289  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            27042  0 
snd_mixer_oss          10238  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                48631  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_page_alloc          4925  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_seq_dummy            971  0 
snd_seq_midi            3444  0 
snd_seq_oss            20524  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      3596  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            12553  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                34727  6 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device          3645  5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer              12184  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    35821  12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               3462  1 snd
ac97_bus                 690  1 snd_ac97_codec
3.8.4 ->

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$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            29730  1 
snd_seq_midi_event      3596  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi            12949  0 
snd_seq                35036  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_device          3877  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss
snd_timer              12252  1 snd_seq
snd                    36981  5 snd_timer,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device
soundcore               3466  1 snd
Tried to play with modprobe on 3.8.4:

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root@Mantix:/home/enzo
# modprobe snd_intel8x0 
root@Mantix:/home/enzo
# lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0           20923  0 
snd_ac97_codec         78825  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            27154  0 
snd_mixer_oss          10398  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                51195  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_page_alloc          5090  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_seq_oss            29730  1 
snd_seq_midi_event      3596  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_rawmidi            12949  0 
snd_seq                35036  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_device          3877  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss
snd_timer              12252  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    36981  10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               3466  1 snd
ac97_bus                 690  1 snd_ac97_codec
After that I tried 'modprobe snd_seq_midi', but it failed. (no response within 2 minutes)
Same way 'modprobe snd_seq_dummy' also failed.

** Update: only 3.5.0 has sound at the moment. The next installed kernel on my desktop is 3.7.1-antix.2-486-smp. Strange, but on AntiX 12 I had sound on all installed kernels, up to 3.8.4-antix.2-486-smp. Is it an AntiX related bug?

** Update2: 'blacklist snd-intel8x0m' doesn't help.
BTW, my integrated sound card is this:
without sound

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# inxi -A
Audio:     Card: ULi M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device driver: snd_intel8x0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.9.5-antix.1-486-smp
# no sound on 3.9.5 kernel
with sound

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$ inxi -A
Audio:     Card: ULi M5455 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device driver: snd_intel8x0 Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
$ inxi -S
System:    Host: Mantix Kernel: 3.5.0-antix.2-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: MATE 1.6.0  Distro: antiX-base Luddite testing
Main difference is ALSA version.

** Update3: After reading antix-13-problems-with-upgrade-in-sid-june-23-t4436.html, I tried"apt-get purge oss-compat" - because I'm tracking Debian testing and oss-compat is sound related- , and now I have sound with kernel 3.9.5.